Examples of stickup in a Sentence
Noun
He pulled out a gun and shouted, “This is a stickup!”.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
Today’s stickup artist is after something else: smartphones.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Well, an X-ray of Harper’s arm revealed no serious damage, but will damage be done to the team’s psyche if Phillies pitchers fail to stick up for their boy with a payback pitch of their own?
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Noun
The stickup comes amid a nearly 23% drop in robberies in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct, which saw 135 robberies as of April 27 compared to 175 in the same time period last year, according to NYPD statistics.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
Today’s stickup artist is after something else: smartphones.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
This prevents you from leaving unsightly bare stems sticking up from the plants.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Well, an X-ray of Harper’s arm revealed no serious damage, but will damage be done to the team’s psyche if Phillies pitchers fail to stick up for their boy with a payback pitch of their own?
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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“Stickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickup. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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